Christ is our spiritual rock. He is a rock in sense of he is an immovable foundation, if we build our lives on him we will be able to withstand the attacks of the adversary, he is the rock upon which the church is built, he is the symbolic rock the Moses struck to bring forth saving water.
The promise from Peter in verse 13 is so reassuring because it promises us that if we are built upon Christ he will always be with us. There is no temptation that we can not withstand as long as we are firmly established on him. This verse brings a new insight and appreciation for the atonement that he preformed for us. The way out that he has prepared is that atonement, because of his sacrifice, he know each one of us personally and knows exactly what we have to do in order to resist the fiery darts of the adversary. I love Christ so much for the atonement he has offered me, and I take full confidence in him that he will always be by my side and lift me up every time the world tries to tear me down.
Paul referring to Christ as a rock and then giving this promise here is absolutely perfect. He is providing the perfect analogy to describe the way out of temptation and the world. I often like to think of Satan and the world as quick sand, zero stability that slowly sucks you down till you are spiritually suffocated and dead inside. I have felt the pulling down by the world and sin on my soul and have felt the suffocating pressure that is accompanied by sin. I was literally engulfed by the sinking feeling and could see the light going out in my soul. I was left with nothing more that a massive hole, and not matter how hard or how much I pursued the things that I once thought made me happy, the hole could not be filled. I was in a virtual quick sand and I had no escape. Deliverance was unattainable until I decided to turn to my last option, Christ. I spent every resource that had once been available, just as the supposed happiness, those that help you engage in such activities are just as fleeting. When you are in the moment of need, you come to the realization that they are nowhere to be found. They can't be, the only one able to save you from that type of misery is the Savior. The reason He is the only one is because he has been there, though the atonement he not only experienced it, but found his way back. So when he says that he has prepared a way out, he literally has. Christ knows exactly what we each of us need to do in order to re build and pull us out of the quicksand we are engulfed by. And that is why I love the analogy of Christ as being a rock, it is the opposite of quicksand. A rock is a solid immovable foundation that will always support us and will always be there for us. No matter the time or need.
Alma here is expounding on the way we are able to obtain the promise given by Paul. He says that it is through humility, prayer, meekness, submissiveness, and being full of love that we are able to obtain this promise. It goes back to doing the little things. If we are able to do the little things, we will have built upon the rock of Christ and we will not fall. He will have a way, either trough bearing the burden himself, or giving us the extra strength to make it through.
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